OUR FEATURED ARTIST - JAY BYRD

Jason (Jay) Byrd has been a professional guitarist, singer, and songwriter since his late teens. After moving to the Washington, DC area in 2001, Jay began crafting songs with a decidedly Americana bent. An award-winning songwriter (NewSong, Mid-Atlantic Songwriting
Contest, Bernard-Ebb Finalist), Jay continues to write and perform original roots-influenced music. His most recent album,
At Home Again, was released in 2022. His previous band, South Rail, has released three EPs, a self-titled debut in 2012,
Stars (2014), produced by Don Was, and Take the Wheel (2018).

Throughout the years with Wavy Train, South Rail and as a solo artist, Jay has opened for Little Feat, Chely Wright, Cary Morin, Don Dixon & Marti Jones, Kevin Gordon, Caroline Rose, Yarn, etc. and has played on the same festivals as String Cheese Incident,
Tom Constanten, Col. Bruce Hampton, Ratdog and Steve Winwood, among many others.